February2018
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Arsenal stand in way of Pep’s first Man City silverware
Feb 24, 2018Pep Guardiola is anxious to play down suggestions that winning his first piece of silverware for Manchester City in Sunday’s League Cup final against Arsenal would herald a period of dominance. The former Barcelona and Bayern... -
Merkel’s Bavarian allies warn SPD to stick to deal on migrants
Feb 24, 2018Top officials in the Bavarian sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on Saturday warned the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) that failure to stick to agreements on migrants could cause the collapse of the potential new... -
U.N. Security Council delays vote on Syria ceasefire resolution
Feb 24, 2018The U.N. Security Council on Friday delayed a vote on a demand for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria, where pro-government warplanes have been pounding the last rebel bastion near Damascus in one of the deadliest bombing... -
U.S. ready to open Jerusalem embassy in May
Feb 24, 2018The United States said on Friday it will open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in May, a move from Tel Aviv that reverses decades of U.S. policy and is bound to trouble U.S. allies who... -
U.S. imposes more North Korea sanctions, Trump warns of ‘phase two’
Feb 24, 2018The United States said on Friday it was imposing its largest package of sanctions to pressure North Korea to give up its nuclear missile program, and President Donald Trump warned of a “phase two” that could... -
Manafort ‘paid European ex-politicians’
Feb 24, 2018Ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort secretly paid unnamed former senior European politicians to lobby for Ukraine’s previous pro-Russia government, a new indictment filed by special counsel Robert Mueller says. Mr Manafort paid over €2m ($2.5m; £1.8m)... -
Joanna Demafelis: Employer of Filipina maid found dead in freezer arrested
Feb 24, 2018Police have arrested the employer of a Filipina maid found dead in a freezer in Kuwait after a weeks-long manhunt. Joanna Demafelis, 29, was found frozen in her employers’ apartment more than a year after she... -
Bombs explode in capital of restive Rakhine state
Feb 24, 2018Three bombs have exploded in Sittwe, the capital of Myanmar’s restive Rakhine province, police say. A police officer was slightly injured in the blasts. It was unclear who was behind them, police said. One of the... -
NRA-linked firms hit by consumer boycott: Florida shooting
Feb 24, 2018More than half a dozen US companies have cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA) as consumers urge a boycott of businesses linked to the politically powerful gun lobby. The firms included car rental giants... -
Canadian Toutant wins men’s big air gold
Feb 24, 2018Canada’s Sebastien Toutant won the first Olympic men’s snowboarding big air gold medal on Saturday with a combined score of 174.25 from his two best runs. Toutant’s medal pushes Canada even further past its previous Winter...
